#this is hasty bc I'm painting another room in my house but

[she-ra-shitposting]

I never hated catra but watching a video about "why catra matters" on YouTube really gave me a whole new understanding of her arc. Season 3 and 4 being close to a mental breakdown or spiral, sorry if I am using the wrong terms, is something I missed on my first viewing and really adds a lot of detph

She's absolutely spiralling during S3 and 4, I mean fuck she was choked to almost death twice and sent to the desert to die and has been abandoned by almost everyone and just wants to prove that she's good at being a Force Captain despite her entire life being told she isn't and won't be, and no matter how much she gets done, the small failure is what everyone latches onto.

After learning Shadow Weaver still chose Adora in S2, she spiralled hard and then after the portal she though that was it, Adora hates her now and she's going to take down Etheria even if she loses herself in the process, to once and for all prove that she Can. Which is also why Catra and Adora couldn't really come face to face in S4.

People say Catra is just evil but at the end of S4 she's downright suicidal (I mean she was when she pulled the lever too but even more so now) and literally asked Glimmer to kill her. Double Trouble says that Catra didn't want to win, not really, just wanted to prove herself.

We may only see the physical effects of her breakdown in S4, but it starts in S2 if you really look. Catra just wants approval.

#this is hasty bc I'm painting another room in my house but #i tried